Consciousness and Self-Knowledge

Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.

It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why History is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead.

No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has never experienced.

Every person’s feelings have a front-door and a side-door by which they may be entered.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

To be too conscious is an illness—a real thoroughgoing illness.

It is not what he has, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing.

Action is only coarsened thought-thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad.

Prosperity knits a man to the world. He thinks he's 'finding his place in it,' while really it is finding its place in him.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like.

With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them.

Man, is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

 

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. William S.

You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination.

Witness at all times. If necessary, use words. St.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

The difficulty in life is the choice.

 

Can I ever know you or you know me?

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.